Editing Newport, Kentucky (section)

==History==
[[File:Campbell county courthouse newport ky.jpg|thumb|upright|left|The [[Campbell County Courthouse (Newport, Kentucky)|Campbell County Courthouse]] in Newport, Kentucky]]
Newport was settled {{circa|lk=no|1791}} by [[James Taylor, Jr. (Kentucky)|James Taylor Jr.]] on land purchased by his father James Sr. from George Muse, who received it as a grant.{{why|date=September 2013}} Taylor's brother, Hubbard Taylor, had been mapping the land twenty years prior.<ref name="History">{{Cite web |url=http://www.newportky.gov/Newport-Info/History.aspx |title=History |website=newportky.gov |access-date=2017-02-05 |archive-date=2020-10-16  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016160031/http://www.newportky.gov/Newport-Info/History.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was not named for its position on the river but for [[Christopher Newport]], the commander of the first ship to reach [[Jamestown, Virginia]], in 1607.<ref name=sos/> Newport was established as a town on December 14, 1795, and incorporated as a city on February 24, 1834.<ref name=sos>{{cite web |publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky |website=Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. |title=Newport, Kentucky |url=http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/cities/citydetail.asp?id=290&city=Newport&idctr=290 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205182052/http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/cities/citydetail.asp?id=290&city=Newport&idctr=290 |archive-date=2017-02-05 |access-date=4 September 2013}}</ref> In 1803, the [[Fort Washington, Cincinnati, Ohio|Ft. Washington]] military post was moved from [[Cincinnati]] to become the [[Newport Barracks]]. A bridge first connected Newport to Covington in 1853,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PJf0sASQTZ8C&q=newport%20ky%20for%20kids&pg=PA7 |title=Wicked Newport |publisher=The History Press |date=October 10, 2008 |access-date=2013-05-07 |author=Barker, Thomas| pages=7| isbn=9781596295490 |display-authors=etal}}</ref> and the first bridge spanning the Ohio River to Cincinnati, the [[John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge]], opened in 1866. Newport experienced large [[German Americans#19th century|German immigration]] in the 1880-90s.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IuGCoLRCN-kC&pg=PA247 |title=The WPA Guide to Kentucky |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |date=1996 |access-date=24 November 2013 |author=Federal Writers' Project |page=247| isbn=0813108659}}</ref>

By 1900, Newport was the third largest city in Kentucky, after Covington and Louisville, although Newport and Covington were rightly considered satellites of Cincinnati.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JHAy7U9iArEC&pg=PA143 |title=Jewish Communities on the Ohio River: A History |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |author=Shevitz, Amy |year=2007 |pages=143| isbn=978-0813172163}}</ref>

[[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] under the [[Volstead Act]] of 1919 resulted in a widespread illegal sale of alcohol. Many gangsters began to smuggle alcohol into the city to supply citizens and businesses. [[Speakeasy|Speakeasies]], bribery, and corruption became a norm in Newport.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kentuckytourism.com/articles/the-hidden-mob-history-of-newport-kentucky/3107/ |title=The Hidden Mob History of Newport, Kentucky|publisher=Kentucky Department of Travel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605061429/http://www.kentuckytourism.com/articles/the-hidden-mob-history-of-newport-kentucky/3107/ |archive-date=2017-06-05 |url-status=dead |access-date=2017-02-05}}</ref> A well known Newport crime boss was gambler and [[National Crime Syndicate]] member [[Ed Levinson]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thomas |first=Barker |title=Wicked Newport: Kentucky's sin city|date=2008 |publisher=History Press |isbn=978-1-62584-117-9 |oclc=849739118}}</ref>

[[1921-1928 Newport, Kentucky steel strike|In 1921, Newport was rocked by a steel mill strike of +2,000 workers]], following the end of [[World War I|WW1]] and steel industry downturn. The strike involved one in five of the town's workers and was over [[Union recognition|recognition]] for the three unskilled [[Local union|union locals]] that made up the four locals within the union.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Clabes |first=Judy |date=2020-09-07 |title=Our Rich History: 'Gray-eyed mountaineers with rifles' - The Newport Steel Strike of 1921-1922 |url=https://nkytribune.com/2020/09/our-rich-history-gray-eyed-mountaineers-with-rifles-the-newport-steel-strike-of-1921-1922/ |access-date=2023-07-16 |website=NKyTribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 1921 |title=Vote To Strike; Employes of Newport Mill Take Action, About 2500 Men Affected,, Company Not Notified, J. G. Andrews Declares. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/760853188/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012042754/https://www.newspapers.com/image/760853188/ |archive-date=2023-10-12  |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Kentucky Post and Times-Star |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 14, 1921 |title=Recognition Plea: Difference between Andrews Steel Mill and Employees Not One of Wages |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/760853809/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927215952/https://www.newspapers.com/image/760853809/ |archive-date=2023-09-27  |access-date=2023-09-24 |publisher=The Kentucky Post and Times-Star }}</ref> During it, following unrest and the company arming the mill with machine guns, state militia companies and later tanks were stationed in the town, withdrawn in late 1922.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=December 24, 1921 |title=State Troops Stop Battle In Newport Strike Zone: Hundreds of shots Fired Between Mill Guards and Strike Sympathizers; Morrow Decrees Disorders Must Cease |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/760856633/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012042752/https://www.newspapers.com/image/760856633/ |archive-date=2023-10-12  |access-date=2023-09-26 |publisher=The Kentucky Post }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 3, 1922 |title=Strikers Demand Tanks Be Withdrawn; Crowd Marches On Newport (Ky.) Mill When Armored Cars Are Sent to Keep Order. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1922/02/03/archives/strikers-demand-tanks-be-withdrawn-crowd-marches-on-newport-ky-mill.html |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001200326/https://www.nytimes.com/1922/02/03/archives/strikers-demand-tanks-be-withdrawn-crowd-marches-on-newport-ky-mill.html |archive-date=2023-10-01  |issn=0362-4331 }}</ref> The strike was partially broken by the end of 1922 with some steelworkers leaving the town and others finding separate jobs in Newport.<ref name=":0" /> However, the strike did not formally end until seven years later in 1928, without union recognition for the three locals.<ref name="7-Year-Old Strike At Newport Ended">{{Cite web |date=July 8, 1928 |title=7-Year-Old Strike At Newport Ended |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/107050138/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Courier-Journal |language=en}}</ref><ref name="The Kentucky Post and Times-Star">{{Cite web |date=July 9, 1928 |title=Mill Will keep Present Help; Will Not Make Room For Strikers, Says Official |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/760817383/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Kentucky Post and Times-Star |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kentucky 1939">{{Cite book |last=Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kentucky |url=http://archive.org/details/kentuckyguidetob00federich |title=Kentucky; a guide to the Bluegrass state |date=1939 |publisher=New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company |others=Prelinger Library}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Labor Publication Society |url=http://archive.org/details/v12n01-jan-1923-LA |title=Labor Age (Vol. 12, No. 1) - January 1923 |date=January 1923 |pages=1, 8}}</ref>

[[File:Militia_Tank_in_Newport_Kentucky.jpg|thumb|Militia tank in [[1921-1928 Newport, Kentucky steel strike|Newport on Brighton St. during steel strike, 1922]]]]

Newport's worst natural disaster occurred in 1937, when a flood covered a great part of the city. A [[flood wall]] was completed in 1948, and remains a significant part of Newport's landscape.<ref name="History"/>

Newport once had the reputation of "Sin City" due to its upscale gambling [[casino]]s on Monmouth street.<ref name="For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls">{{cite news | url=http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-4878-cover-story-for-whom-the-bell-tolls.html | title=For Whom the Bell Tolls | publisher=[[City Beat]] | date=January 6, 2000 | access-date=2008-09-21 | last=Hughes | first=John | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216191226/http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-4878-cover-story-for-whom-the-bell-tolls.html | archive-date=December 16, 2013 }}</ref> Monmouth also had many men's stores, restaurants, and ice cream parlors.<ref name="For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls" /> Investigations for [[racketeering]] pushed out the casinos, which were replaced by peep shows and adult strip clubs.<ref name="For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls" /> Many of the old businesses disappeared when parking became difficult on Monmouth Street and the commercial district opened on the hill of south Newport.<ref name="For_Whom_the_Bell_Tolls" />

A garage at 938 John Street manufacturing illegal fireworks exploded without warning in 1981, leaving severe damage up to a six-block radius.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newportky.gov/inner_fire2.php?secid=1012 |website=Newport Fire/EMS |title=History Timeline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312120537/http://www.newportky.gov/inner_fire2.php?secid=1012 |archive-date=2012-03-12 |publisher=City of Newport |access-date=2013-03-11 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In the 1980s and 1990s, Newport made plans to develop its riverfront and core to focus primarily on "family friendly" tourism, instead of the "Sin City" tourism of the past. In May 1999 the $40-million [[Newport Aquarium]] opened,<ref name="Kisling2001">{{cite book|editor=Vernon N. Kisling, Jr. |title=Zoo and Aquarium History|year= 2001|publisher=[[CRC Press]] |location=USA |isbn=978-1-4200-3924-5 |chapter=Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list) |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ulbMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA375 }}</ref> and the historic Posey Flats apartments were leveled in favor of the [[Newport on the Levee]] entertainment complex, which opened the following year.

In 1997 plans for a {{convert|1015|ft|adj=on}} structure called the "Millennium Tower" were revealed. The tower's main selling point was that building it would be financed by private money, as opposed to taxpayer money.<ref name="The_Return_of_Newports_Erection">
{{cite news
 |last        = Ramos
 |first       = Steve
 |title       = The Return of Newport's Erection
 |publisher   = [[City Beat]]
 |date        = August 10, 2000
 |url         = http://citybeat.com/2000-08-10/artsbeat.shtml
 |access-date  = 2008-09-21
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060519163216/http://www.citybeat.com/2000-08-10/artsbeat.shtml
 |archive-date = May 19, 2006
}}
</ref> The tower was expected to be completed by 2003,<ref name="More_than_money needed_for_tower">
{{cite news 
  | last = Flynn
  | first = Terry
  | title = More than money needed for tower
  | newspaper = [[Cincinnati Enquirer]]
  | date = August 8, 2000
  | url = http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/08/08/loc_more_than_money.html
  | access-date = 2008-09-21 }}
</ref> but investors later pulled out and no construction was done. Today the site for the tower is a parking lot next to the World Peace Bell.

In the 21st century, Newport has experienced development with the entertainment industry.<ref name="Cities Divide">{{cite web|url=http://www.kentucky.com/471/story/117121.html |title=Cities divide to conquer growth |author=Jeffrey McMurray, Associated Press |publisher=Lexington Herald-Leader/Kentucky.com |access-date=2007-07-08 |date=2007-07-07 }}{{dead link|date=February 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Timeline===
{{hidden begin|title=Timeline of Newport, Kentucky|titlestyle=background:#F8F8FF;width:90%}}
* 1791 - Settlement laid out.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
* 1795 - Town of Newport incorporated.
* 1796 - [[Campbell County, Kentucky|Campbell County]] Courthouse built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939a|p=248}}
* 1798 - Newport Academy founded.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939a|p=247}}
* 1800 - Population: 106.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1804 - [[Newport Barracks]] established.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
* 1812 - James Taylor mansion built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939a|p=248}}
* 1821 - Southgate house built (approximate date).{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939a|p=247}}
* 1831 - Taylor Methodist Episcopal Church built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939a|p=248}}
* 1834 - City of Newport chartered.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
* 1836 - Newport Lyceum founded.<ref name="davies">{{cite web |title=American Libraries before 1876 |author=Davies Project |publisher=Princeton University |url=http://www.princeton.edu/~davpro/databases/index.html |access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>
* 1844 - Silk factory begins operating.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939b|p=456}}
* 1847 - Public school begins operating.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1850 - Washington Fire Engine and Hose Company (volunteer firefighters) established.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1859 - October 28: "Mob destroys the plant of the ''True South'', [[Abolitionism|abolition]] [[:Category:Abolitionist newspapers published in the United States|paper]]."{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939b|p=457}}
* 1860
** Public high school begins operating.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
** [[1860 United States census#City rankings|Population]]: 10,046.<ref name=census1998>{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau }}</ref>
* 1866 - [[John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge]] opens near Newport.
* 1869 - John Butcher Brewery (later [[George Wiedemann|Wiedemann]]) in business.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://steelyarchives.nku.edu/specialcollections/alphabeticallist.html |title= List of Collections |author=Steely Library Special Collections |publisher=Northern Kentucky University |access-date=September 10, 2016 }}</ref>
* 1870 - [[1870 United States census#City rankings|Population]]: 15,087.<ref name=census1998 />
* 1871 - [[St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Newport, Kentucky)|St. Paul's Episcopal Church]] built.
* 1872 - [[Newport and Cincinnati Bridge]] opens.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1873 - Southgate St. School established.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1880 - [[1880 United States census#City rankings|Population]]: 20,433.<ref name=census1998 />
* 1883 - Ohio River flood.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1884
** Ohio River flood.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939a|p=249}}
** Campbell County Courthouse rebuilt.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939a|p=249}}
* 1888 - U.S. military [[Fort Thomas, Kentucky|Fort Thomas]] established near Newport.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
* 1890 - [[Cincinnati–Newport Bridge]] opens.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1891
** Andrews Steel Mill in business.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
** George Ahlering elected mayor.<ref name="Johnson1912">{{cite book|author=E. Polk Johnson|title= History of Kentucky and Kentuckians|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorykentuck01compgoog|year=1912|publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago}}</ref>
* 1898 - Ohio River flood.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1900 - Population: 28,301.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
* 1902 - Carnegie Free Library opens.<ref name=CCPL>{{cite web |url=http://www.cc-pl.org/about-the-library/library-history |title=Library History (timeline) |publisher=Campbell County Public Library |location=Kentucky |access-date=September 10, 2016 }}</ref>
* 1910 - Population: 30,309.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
* 1913 - Ohio River flood.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1921 - [[1921-1928 Newport, Kentucky steel strike|Newport Steel worker labor strike begins.]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 5, 1921 |title=Vote To Strike; Employes of Newport Mill Take Action, About 2500 Men Affected,, Company Not Notified, J. G. Andrews Declares. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/760853188/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012042754/https://www.newspapers.com/image/760853188/ |archive-date=2023-10-12  |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Kentucky Post and Times-Star |language=en }}</ref>{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939a|p=247}}
* 1924 - Cote Brilliante becomes part of Newport.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1927 - Newport Finance Building constructed.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1928 - Newport steel strike officially ends, after 7 years.<ref name="7-Year-Old Strike At Newport Ended"/><ref name="The Kentucky Post and Times-Star"/><ref name="Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Kentucky 1939"/>
* 1930 - City-manager form of government adopted.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1935 - Clifton becomes part of Newport.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1936 - Ingalls Park becomes part of Newport.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1937 - Flood.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1948 - Floodwall built.<ref name=CityHistory>{{cite web |url=http://www.newportky.gov/Newport-Info/History.aspx |title=History of Newport, Kentucky |publisher=City of Newport |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-date=2020-10-16  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016160031/http://www.newportky.gov/Newport-Info/History.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1955 - The all-boys Newport Catholic High School opens a new campus on Carothers Road. The facility remains in use today by its coeducational successor, [[Newport Central Catholic High School]].<ref name="NCC history">{{cite web|url=http://newcathbreds.com/ncc/about/history-facts|title=The School on the Hill: A Brief History|publisher=Newport Central Catholic High School|access-date=March 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212328/http://newcathbreds.com/ncc/about/history-facts/|archive-date=March 12, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> 
* 1956 - Newport Shopping Center in business.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 1961
** Anti-corruption "Committee of 500" formed.<ref name=RiverBends>{{citation |url=https://www.ket.org/historynky/ |title=Timeline |work=Where the River Bends: A History of Northern Kentucky |publisher= [[Kentucky Educational Television]] |location=Lexington KY }}</ref>
** [[George Ratterman]] becomes county sheriff.<ref name=wcpo2013>{{citation |url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/campbell-county/newport/interactive-the-rise-and-fall-of-sin-city |title=Then and Now: The rise and fall of 'Sin City' |year=2013 |work=[[WCPO-TV|WCPO.com]] |access-date=2019-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210124610/https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/campbell-county/newport/interactive-the-rise-and-fall-of-sin-city |archive-date=2018-12-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1973 - Regional [[Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky]] (public transit) established.
* 1975 - ''Newport News'' begins publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?state=Kentucky&county=&city=Newport&rows=50&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington DC |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=September 10, 2016 }}</ref>
* 1976 - [[Daniel Carter Beard Bridge]] opens.
* 1978 - Campbell County Public Library established.<ref name=CCPL />
* 1980
** Irene Deaton becomes first female mayor of Newport.{{sfn|Caraway|2009}}
** [[East Row Historic District|Mansion Hill]] designated an [[National Register of Historic Places|historic district]].<ref>{{citation |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/16/realestate/once-a-rundown-district-it-s-now-mansion-hill.html |title=Once a Rundown District, It's Now Mansion Hill |date= January 16, 2000 }}</ref>
* 1983
** Steve Goetz elected mayor.<ref>{{citation |work= [[Kentucky New Era]] |title=Newport Mayor Resigns |date=August 19, 1992 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=266&dat=19920819&id=u_ErAAAAIBAJ&pg=1793,4405898&hl=en |via=Google News }}</ref>
** Newport Central Catholic High School is created by the merger of the all-boys Newport Catholic High School and all-girls Our Lady of Providence Academy.<ref name="NCC history"/> 
* 1990 - Campbell County Historical Society founded.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ekycchgs/about.htm |title=Campbell County (Kentucky) Historical and Genealogical Society |via=[[RootsWeb.com]] |access-date=September 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916094525/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Ekycchgs/about.htm |archive-date=2016-09-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 1992 - Tom Guidugli becomes mayor.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}
* 1995 - [[Taylor–Southgate Bridge]] opens.
* 1999 - [[Newport Aquarium]] opens.<ref name="Kisling2001"/>
* 2000 - Population: 17,048.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 2001 - [[Newport on the Levee]] "entertainment complex" in business.{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 2004 - [[L&N Bridge]] [[Pedestrian zone|pedestrianized]].{{sfn|Whitehead|2009}}
* 2005 - [[Geoff Davis]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Kentucky's 4th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |title-link=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington DC |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=2005 |chapter= Kentucky |series=1991/1992- : S. Pub. |hdl=2027/mdp.49015002997139?urlappend=%3Bseq=138 |chapter-url= http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.49015002997139?urlappend=%3Bseq=138 |via=HathiTrust }}</ref>
* 2008 - Jerry Peluso elected mayor.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.rcnky.com/articles/2016/01/18/peluso-seek-reelection-newport-mayor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920064206/http://www.rcnky.com/articles/2016/01/18/peluso-seek-reelection-newport-mayor |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 20, 2016 |date=January 18, 2016 |title=Peluso to Seek Reelection as Newport Mayor |work=River City News |location=Covington, KY }}</ref>
* 2010 - Population: 15,273.<ref name=quickfacts2010>{{cite web |url= https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/2155884 |title= Newport city, Kentucky |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date= September 10, 2016 }}</ref>
* 2012 - [[Thomas Massie]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[Kentucky's 4th congressional district]].<ref name=GovTrack>{{cite web |url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |title=Members of Congress |work=[[GovTrack.us|GovTrack]] |author=Civic Impulse, LLC |location=Washington DC |access-date=September 10, 2016 }}</ref>
* 2021 - Thomas Guidugli, Jr elected mayor<ref name="Guidugli">{{cite web |url=https://www.rcnky.com/articles/2021/01/26/gavel-passed-newport-new-mayor-commission-sworn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127005436/https://www.rcnky.com/articles/2021/01/26/gavel-passed-newport-new-mayor-commission-sworn |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |title=Gavel Passed in Newport: New Mayor, Commission Sworn In |accessdate=2021-09-17 |date=2021-01-16 |website=rcnky.com}}</ref>
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===County seat===
Newport is a county seat of [[Campbell County, Kentucky|Campbell County]], and was previously a county seat from 1797 until 1823, and again from 1824 until 1840.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kycampbe/courthouses.htm|title=Alexandria and Newport Courthouses|website=rootsweb.ancestry.com}}</ref>
In the 19th century, the overwhelming majority of the population lived in Newport and the surrounding cities. Many citizens did not like traveling south to [[Alexandria, Kentucky|Alexandria]] to conduct county business, as southern Campbell County was primarily undeveloped.

In 1883, Newport successfully lobbied the state legislature for an exception to state law, which both required that a county seat be located in the center of the county, and that certain county business only be conducted at the county seat. Frankfort passed a special law, creating the Newport Court House District, and within that district, the Newport Courthouse Commission which functioned as a special taxing district, so that an additional courthouse could be built, and business could take place in Newport, in addition to Alexandria. In 2008, the Kentucky General Assembly removed the taxing authority from the Courthouse Commission, but left the District and Commission intact.

[[File:Daniel Carter Beard Bridge.JPG|thumb|right|The [[Daniel Carter Beard Bridge]] is more commonly called the "[[Big Mac]]" bridge because of its resemblance to [[McDonald's]] iconic arches.]]
In 2009, a court ruled that Alexandria is the only county seat, and Newport is not a county seat.<ref>[http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/C2/20090512/NEWS/905120380/-1/recorder/Judge++Alexandria+the+only+county+seat Judge: Alexandria the only county seat], ''[[The Kentucky Enquirer]]'', 2009-05-12.  Accessed 2009-05-28.</ref> On November 24, 2010, the Kentucky Court of Appeals disagreed, and granted Newport equal status as a county seat.<ref name="Nolan v. Campbell">[http://law.justia.com/cases/kentucky/court-of-appeals/2010/2009-ca-001507.html Nolan v. Campbell County Fiscal Court] Kentucky Court of Appeals. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2015.</ref> On August 25, 2011, the Supreme Court of Kentucky denied review of the appellate decision.<ref name=SCOKY20110825>[https://dspace.kdla.ky.gov/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10602/11596/MNT08252011.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y SUPREME COURT OF KENTUCKY AUGUST 25, 2011 MINUTES] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424001442/https://dspace.kdla.ky.gov/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10602/11596/MNT08252011.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |date=April 24, 2017 }} Supreme Court of Kentucky. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2017.</ref>